@[email protected] to [email protected] • 17 days agoRFK Jr. says he’s working to stop food stamps buying soda and candywww.newsnationnow.commessage-square200fedilinkarrow-up1252cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1252external-linkRFK Jr. says he’s working to stop food stamps buying soda and candywww.newsnationnow.com@[email protected] to [email protected] • 17 days agomessage-square200fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink15•17 days agoThen restrict it for everyone, not just poor people.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•17 days agoI’m not saying we should ban these things, I’m just saying we shouldn’t be subsidizing them and purchasing them with public funds. If poor people want to buy this stuff with their own money that’s their right.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•17 days ago I’m just saying we shouldn’t be subsidizing them and purchasing them with public funds. Then start with the ag subsidies, not the tiny joy that poor people can wring from life.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•17 days agoDitching subsidies is a start. I would tax them into oblivion like cigarettes. Hits the poor first still, but it would shift consumption habits rather than ban them outright.
Then restrict it for everyone, not just poor people.
I’m not saying we should ban these things, I’m just saying we shouldn’t be subsidizing them and purchasing them with public funds. If poor people want to buy this stuff with their own money that’s their right.
Then start with the ag subsidies, not the tiny joy that poor people can wring from life.
Ditching subsidies is a start.
I would tax them into oblivion like cigarettes. Hits the poor first still, but it would shift consumption habits rather than ban them outright.